ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT EXPANSION FACTORS

AN EQUATION IS PROPOSED, WHOSE COMPONENTS ARE EXPRESSIONS OF EACH STATE'S TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTING LAWS AND PRACTICES, TO COMPUTE TRUE FROM REPORTED ACCIDENT RATES AND THE PROPERTY DAMAGE COSTS ARISING FROM THESE ACCIDENTS. THREE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS EMPLOYING THE EQUATION ARE VERIFIED ON ACTUAL DATA, AND THE OPTIMUM METHOD IS INDICATED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 3, 8 Pp, 6 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • FEE, J A
  • Beatty, R L
  • Dietz, S K
  • Skaufman, S F
  • Vates, J G
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash reports; Extrapolation; Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221233
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM